Kenny Basumatary

He is best known for Directing the Assamese martial arts comedy film Local Kung Fu he also starred in the movie. It was nominated for best Assamese film in the inaugural Filmfare awards for the Eastern region. The budget for this film was Rs.95,000.

Kenny Basumatary
Basumatary, writer of Chocolate Guitar Momos on the launch of his book.
Born	Kenny Deori Basumatary
Occupation(s)	Actor, Film director, Novelist
Awards	nominated for best Assamese film in the inaugural Filmfare awards for the Eastern region.
Website	http://about.me/kennydb

Kenny dropped out of college while pursuing Computer Engineering in IIT Delhi. After that, he worked as a newsreader for an Assamese News channel.

In 2009, Kenny moved to Mumbai to attend film scripting workshop, in which his martial arts based script did not make it to top six. He then went on to act in commercials, TV serials and small roles in Shanghai, Phata Poster Nikla Hero and Mary Kom. Besides acting, he wrote a book, Chocolate Guitar Momos, published in 2011.

He moved back to Guwahati and with the help of family, directed Local Kung Fu in a budget of nearly 1500 US Dollars.

Actor

• Luv Ka The End (2011)
• Local Kung Fu (2013) as Charlie
• Raag (2014) as Alok
• Mary Kom (2014) as Jimmy
• Local Kung Fu 2 (2017) as Deep / Deepu
• Raagdesh (2017) as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Kammara Sambhavam (2018) as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
• Suspended Inspector Boro (2018)
• Bornodi Bhotiai (2019)
• Yaara (2020) as Bahadur
• Local Utpaat (2022)
• Ki Kowa Dosti (2023)
• Jawan (2023)

Director

• Local Kung Fu (2013)
• Local Kung Fu 2 (2017)
• Suspended Inspector Boro (2018)
• Tomar Opekhyat (Web series) (2021)
• Local Utpaat (2022)
• Ki kowa Dosti (2023)